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Oct 04 2025

Minnesota Is Number One in the Country

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yeah, we are number one in all the things you don't want to be, like fraud.
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Oct 03 2025

More Evidence of Little Timmy’s Devotion to Education

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Fat Timmy lies about Minnesota's educational status--we are sinking rapidly to the bottom in student achievement.
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Oct 03 2025

Primary Care Availability and Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Too little money goes to primary care, resulting in shortages and poorer patient outcomes.
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Oct 02 2025

More Strib Shenanigans Catch-up, October 2, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More exposed drivel from our supposed leading media source.
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Oct 01 2025

How Insurers Game the Medical Loss Ratio Rules

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medical loss ratio rules create perverse incentives, including health plans buying providers to increase profits.
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Oct 01 2025

What You Really Should Read on Tylenol and Autism

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
An excellent article illustrating good research processes and no link between Tylenol and autism.
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Sep 30 2025

August 2025, JOLTS Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The August JOLTS report shows continued weakness in openings and hires.
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Sep 29 2025

2026 Is Looking Like a Really Bad Year for Health Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Small companies are facing very large premium increases for 2026.
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Sep 28 2025

Inflation in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Inflation has not really been tamed, but for many people real incomes are growing.
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Sep 26 2025

Tylenol and Autism

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
There is no link between tylenol and autism, except in the deranged mind of RFK, Jr.
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Sep 26 2025

Impact of Physician Consolidation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Provider consolidation is a leading reason for why our health care is so expensive.
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Sep 25 2025

Renewable Energy Is a Scam for Rich People

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another renewable energy project bites the dust--expensive, unreliable and environmentally damaging.
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Sep 25 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 22, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bad week for US debt, with succeedingly troubled auctions.
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Sep 24 2025

Book Review–The Rings of Saturn

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An accidental author discovery leads to a fascinating book.
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Sep 23 2025

California Screamin’

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
California is overrun with irrational ideologues whose ignorance is on full display every time they speak.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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About This Blog

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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